Installing the Driver & Software; Most access points and routers can store ; more than one key, but they will only use - Page 31

Brother MFC-8870DW User Manual

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Quick Setup Guide MFC-8870DW
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Installing the Driver & Software

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Choose the appropriate key number and press 

OK

.

 

22. Setup WLAN
   WEP Key

a

   KEY1:

b

   KEY2:

Select

ab

 & OK

Enter the WEP key you wrote down in step

1

 

using the dial pad. You can use the 

 and 

 keys to move the cursor. For example, to 

enter the letter 

a

, press the 

2

 key on the dial 

pad once. To enter the number 

3

, press the 

3

 

key on the dial pad seven times.
The letters appear in this order: lower case, 
upper case, numbers and then special letters.

Press 

OK

 when you have entered all the 

characters, then choose 

1.Yes

 and press 

OK

 

to apply your settings. Go to step

12

.

Most access points and routers can store 
more than one key, but they will only use 
one at any time for authentication and 
encryption.

10

Press 

 or 

 to choose 

TKIP

 or 

AES

 

for 

Encryption Type

 and press 

OK

.

Enter the WPA-PSK Pass you wrote down in 
step

1

 using the dial pad. You can use the 

 and 

 keys to move the cursor. For 

example, to enter the letter 

a

, press the 

2

 key 

on the dial pad once. To enter the number 

3

press the 

3

 key on your dial pad seven times.

Press 

OK

 when you have entered all the 

characters, then choose 

1.Yes

 and press 

OK

 

to apply your settings. Go to step

12

.

11

Enter the user and press 

OK

. You can use 

 and 

 keys to move the cursor. For 

example, to enter the letter 

a

, press the 

2

 key 

on the dial pad once.

Enter the password and press 

OK

, and then 

choose 

1.Yes

 and press 

OK

 to apply your 

settings. Go to step

12

.

12

Your machine will now try to connect to your 
wireless network using the information you 
have entered. If successful, 

Connected

 will 

appear briefly on the LCD.

Connection Error

 is displayed when the 

print server has not successfully connected to 
your router or access point. Try starting from 
step 

3

 again. If the same message is displayed 

again, reset the print server back to the default 
factory settings and try again. 
(See 

Restoring the network settings to factory 

default

 on page 53.)

13

The machine will automatically acquire the 
correct TCP/IP address information from your 
access point (router) if DHCP is enabled 
(DHCP is normally enabled as default for most 
access point routers).

If your access point does not have DHCP 
enabled you will need to manually configure 
the IP address, subnet mask and gateway of 
the machine to suit your network. See the 
Network User’s Guide for details.

 

Wireless setup is now complete. To install 
the MFL-Pro Software suite, continue to 
step 14
.

14

Turn on your computer. 
(For Windows

®

 2000 Professional/XP/

XP Professional x64 Edition, you must be 
logged on with Administrator rights.) 
Close any applications running before installing 
the MFL-Pro Suite.

Note

Before installation, if you are using personal 
firewall software or the built in Windows

®

 XP 

firewall, disable it. Once you are sure that you can 
print after the installation, re-enable your firewall.

 

15

Put the supplied CD-ROM into your CD-ROM 
drive. If the model name screen appears, 
choose your machine. If the language screen 
appears, choose your language.

 

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  • 22. Setup WLAN WEP Key a KEY1: b KEY2: Select ab & OK Enter the WEP key you wrote down in step 1 using the dial pad.
  • 1.Yes and press OK to apply your settings.
  • 1.Yes and press OK to apply your settings.
  • 1.Yes and press OK to apply your settings.
  • 53.) 13 The machine will automatically acquire the correct TCP/IP address information from your access point (router) if DHCP is enabled (DHCP is normally enabled as default for most access point routers).
  • 14. 14 Turn on your computer.

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